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  By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Friday 23 October, 2020 “The Department of Communication Studies of the University of Ghana invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for appointment as Lecturer in Multimedia Journalism; Quantitative Research Methods in Communication Studies; Public and Policy Communication.” So reads the first line of an advertisement available at timeshighereducation.com.  The vacancy was announced on 1 October; it will expire on 30 November.  Now to perform these routine tasks, the University of Ghana (UG) is asking for a PhD.  “The successful applicant for the quantitative research methods in communication studies position”  should be able to teach “multi-level analysis”, arguably theRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 3 March, 2020 There have been many times in ghana when other professionals have rightly accused journalists of a lack of simple comprehension of the facts. This therefore calls for a constant watch on our public discourse by all and sundry. It is a tough assignment since every single day all kinds of factual errors and unenlightened thoughts and ideas are bandied about in our ghanaian public space. Worst of all, these are often written up and lodged on the Internet proving disgraceful and dishonorable to the country as a whole. Policing and exposing these terrible ideas is almostRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 26 February, 2020 At the 70th anniversary lecture of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in November, Dr. Kweku Rockson, a former Rector of Ghana Institute of Journalism was given advance notice as speaker to define who a journalist is. Unfortunately, he dodged the question. But the reality is that just as the GJA was seeking clarity from an academic who obfuscated, undergraduate mass communication students in Ghana will always corner lecturers, and ask where to specialise. On Monday, Ms X, sitting alone in a classroom cornered me about whether she will be on the right path if she chooses Journalism.Read More →